In a rotting, flimsily built dinerlocated on a lonely stretch ofroad between Mule Shoe,Texas and Clovis, NewMexico, sat a neer do wellBennie Joe Feign, afraidthat the next person whocame by might want torid the world of him. Thequestion was why had hereturned to the place wheremuch of his roguishbehavior had taken place.